Itbayat Mayan | |
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Municipality of Itbayat | |
Nickname: Northernmost Settlement of the Philippines | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 20°47′16″N121°50′29″E / 20.7878°N 121.8415°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Cagayan Valley |
Province | Batanes |
District | Lone district |
Founded | 1935 |
Barangays | 5 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Sabas C. de Sagon |
• Vice Mayor | Ferdinand G. Asa |
• Representative | Ciriaco B. Gato Jr. |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 2,085 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 83.13 km2 (32.10 sq mi) |
Elevation | 277 m (909 ft) |
Highest elevation | 991 m (3,251 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 3,128 |
• Density | 38/km2 (97/sq mi) |
• Households | 923 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 30.92 |
• Revenue | ₱ 56.78 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 124.1 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 46.35 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Batanes Electric Cooperative (BATANELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 3905 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)78 |
Native languages | Itbayat Ivatan Yami Tagalog Ilocano |
Itbayat, officially the Municipality of Itbayat, (Ivatan : Kavahayan nu Itbayat; Tagalog : Bayan ng Itbayat), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Batanes, Philippines. In the 2020 census, it had a population of 3,128 people. [3]
Itbayat is the country's northernmost municipality, located 156 kilometers (97 mi) from the southernmost tip of Taiwan.
The main island of Itbayat is the largest in Batanes. The municipality includes the rest of the province's northern islands, all small and mostly uninhabited. These islands are, from south to north: Di'nem Island, Siayan, Misanga, Ah'li, and Mavulis Island, the northernmost island of the Philippine archipelago.
A church and civil government were established in Batan Island in 1783. In 1855, civil authority was established and the mission canonically founded in Itbayat. A settlement during the Spanish colonial period, it became a municipal district when the Americans organized the province in 1909. In 1935, it became a municipality.
On September 14, 2016, Typhoon Meranti (Ferdie) made landfall on Itbayat while at peak intensity, as a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon, with the center of the eye passing directly over the island. [5] [6] During landfall, the storm's powerful winds caused extensive damage and knocked out the island's communications systems. [7]
On July 27, 2019, a series of destructive earthquakes, the largest of them of magnitude 6.0, caused severe damage in the town. Nine people died as a result, and sixty were injured. [8] [9] [10]
On April 4, 2024, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the Local Government of Itbayat inaugurated the province’s first Municipal Tilapia Hatchery in Barangay Raele, Itbayat. “Now that you have your own tilapia hatchery, you will no longer need to ride big waves just to obtain your supply of fingerlings from other provinces in the mainland just to be able to conduct fish farming,” Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said in his video message. [11] [12]
Barangay San Rafael, under Mayor Sabas de Sagon, is the site of the April 14 to June 6 exercise Balikatan construction of humanitarian, logistics and disaster relief warehouse at Sitio Kagonongan, a supply depot area at the San Rafael National Food Authority warehouse and an American physician’s assistant station and lodging facilities for American soldiers at Itbayat District Hospital. [13] [14]
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Itbayat is located at 20°47′16″N121°50′29″E / 20.7878°N 121.8415°E .
The municipality has a land area of 83.13 square kilometres (32.10 sq mi) [15] . It constitutes 37.96%219.01-square-kilometre- (84.56 sq mi) of the total area of Batanes.
The entire municipality of Itbayat constitutes several islands, islets, atolls and outcrops.
Itbayat is politically subdivided into five barangays. [16] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
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2020 [3] | 2010 [17] | |||||
020902006 | Raele | 14.9% | 465 | 442 | 0.51% | |
020902007 | San Rafael (Idiang) | 23.8% | 745 | 789 | −0.57% | |
020902008 | Santa Lucia (Kawxawxasan) | 13.5% | 422 | 478 | −1.24% | |
020902009 | Santa Maria (Marapuy) | 14.8% | 463 | 438 | 0.56% | |
020902010 | Santa Rosa (Hiñatu) | 24.7% | 772 | 841 | −0.85% | |
Total | 3,128 | 2,988 | 0.46% |
Itbayat has cooler temperatures from December to February due to its northerly location.
Climate data for Itbayat, Batanes (1981–2010, extremes 1971–2012) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 30.6 (87.1) | 31.8 (89.2) | 31.9 (89.4) | 34.8 (94.6) | 36.5 (97.7) | 35.6 (96.1) | 37.0 (98.6) | 34.6 (94.3) | 34.5 (94.1) | 32.9 (91.2) | 31.8 (89.2) | 30.2 (86.4) | 37.0 (98.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 24.2 (75.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 26.4 (79.5) | 28.4 (83.1) | 29.8 (85.6) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.3 (86.5) | 29.8 (85.6) | 28.6 (83.5) | 26.9 (80.4) | 24.9 (76.8) | 28.0 (82.4) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) | 22.1 (71.8) | 23.5 (74.3) | 25.4 (77.7) | 26.9 (80.4) | 27.7 (81.9) | 28.0 (82.4) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.1 (80.8) | 25.9 (78.6) | 24.1 (75.4) | 22.0 (71.6) | 25.2 (77.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18.6 (65.5) | 19.2 (66.6) | 20.6 (69.1) | 22.5 (72.5) | 24.0 (75.2) | 24.9 (76.8) | 25.1 (77.2) | 24.9 (76.8) | 24.4 (75.9) | 23.1 (73.6) | 21.4 (70.5) | 19.2 (66.6) | 22.3 (72.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) | 10.7 (51.3) | 13.8 (56.8) | 14.0 (57.2) | 18.8 (65.8) | 20.0 (68.0) | 18.7 (65.7) | 20.0 (68.0) | 19.8 (67.6) | 15.0 (59.0) | 14.8 (58.6) | 12.5 (54.5) | 10.7 (51.3) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 156.0 (6.14) | 84.6 (3.33) | 69.8 (2.75) | 57.2 (2.25) | 243.7 (9.59) | 253.8 (9.99) | 269.1 (10.59) | 450.0 (17.72) | 344.1 (13.55) | 299.0 (11.77) | 239.1 (9.41) | 141.6 (5.57) | 2,607.9 (102.67) |
Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 17 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 170 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 88 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 86 |
Source: PAGASA [18] [19] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 1,198 | — |
1918 | 1,363 | +0.86% |
1939 | 1,625 | +0.84% |
1948 | 1,954 | +2.07% |
1960 | 2,365 | +1.60% |
1970 | 2,760 | +1.55% |
1975 | 2,978 | +1.54% |
1980 | 2,859 | −0.81% |
1990 | 3,448 | +1.89% |
1995 | 3,129 | −1.80% |
2000 | 3,616 | +3.15% |
2007 | 3,069 | −2.24% |
2010 | 2,988 | −0.97% |
2015 | 2,867 | −0.78% |
2020 | 3,128 | +1.73% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [20] [17] [21] [22] |
In the 2020 census, Itbayat had a population of 3,128. [3] The population density was 38 inhabitants per square kilometre (98/sq mi).
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Itbayat belongs to the lone congressional district of the province of Batanes. It is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive, and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election held every three years.
Position | Name |
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Congressman | Ciriaco B. Gato Jr. |
Mayor | Raul M. De Sagon |
Vice-Mayor | Ronald V. Gutierrez |
Councilors | Sabas C. De Sagon |
Jonel C. Villa | |
Zenas N. Labrador | |
Ernesto A. Castillo | |
Ferdinand G. Asa | |
Emerson V. Valiente | |
Alexander Valiente | |
Onesimo G. Manzo | |
The Schools Division of Batanes governs the town's public education system. The division office is a field office of the DepEd in Cagayan Valley region. [31] The office governs the public and private elementary and public and private high schools throughout the municipality.
Transportation to the island town is by boat or by plane direct from the provincial capital of Basco.
Jorge Abad Airport serves as the gateway to the island for STOL planes through Basco airport or other airports from mainland Luzon. There are small carriers that provide commercial scheduled and non-scheduled flights to Itbayat from Basco Airport. Jorge Abad Airport is served by the following small airline companies:
The town can be reached by sea going vessels that provide transportation for locals and tourists between Itbayat and Basco. The following companies provide daily scheduled voyage between Basco and Itbayat:
There are no private charter boats or larger vessels in the island. Charter flights, however, can be scheduled to and from the town.
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